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Tell your story

After any time spent in nature, find someone to tell about it, such as a friend, a family member or the group you were with.

Be a tourist

Visit your sit spot and imagine you are arriving there for the very first time, as a tourist.

The weasel walk

Walk like a weasel by keeping your body low over bent thighs and knees.

Making a beetle bucket

Cut a few holes about three centimetres across into the base and sides of an old bucket, so beetles can move in and out freely.

Welly magic

Gather the learners and explain that today their wellington boots, or other footwear, are going to become magic.

Building & positioning a robin nesting box

Cut your timber to size following a nest box plan, then drill or cut an entrance hole in the front piece, which measures two hundred millimetres by one hundred and fifty millimetres wide, with the hol

Know your neighbours

Consult a field guide for information on a tree, plant, mammal or other living being commonly found in your local area.

Spoon or straw?

Gather a selection of items that represent different bird beak types, such as a spoon for a duck's dabbling bill, a straw for a hummingbird's nectar feeding bill, tweezers for a finch's seed cracking

Bat walk

Choose a frequency on your detector suited to bat species that might live in your area.

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